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Appalachians

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Northern US/ˌæ.pəˈleɪ.ʃənz/Southern US/ˌæ.pəˈlæ.tʃənz/

Appalachians proper noun: a range of mountains in eastern North America, running northeast from Alabama in the United States to Newfoundland in Canada, variously including or excluding the Adirondack Mountains in northern New York. Also the plural of Appalachian.

Proper noun

Appalachians pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A range of mountains in eastern North America, running northeast from Alabama in the United States to Newfoundland in Canada, variously including or excluding the Adirondack Mountains in northern New York.
  2. (plural, plural-only) The portion of this area which lies in the southern United States, as a socioeconomic region.

Also used as

Appalachians is also the plural of Appalachian.

Appalachians meaning in Arabic

Appalachians in Arabic

a mountain range in eastern North America
جِبَال اَلْأَبَلَاش jibāl al-ʔabalāš

Origin of Appalachians

See Appalachian.

Words that rhyme with Appalachians

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Questions about Appalachians

What does Appalachians mean?
Appalachians means a range of mountains in eastern North America, running northeast from Alabama in the United States to Newfoundland in Canada, variously including or excluding the Adirondack Mountains in northern New York.
What is Appalachians in Arabic?
Appalachians in Arabic is جِبَال اَلْأَبَلَاش (jibāl al-ʔabalāš). See Appalachians meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Appalachians?
Appalachians is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Appalachians?
Appalachians is pronounced /ˌæ.pəˈleɪ.ʃənz/ (Northern US).

Words near Appalachians in the dictionary

  1. Appalachian dulcimers
  2. Appalachian English
  3. Appalachian Jacob's ladder
  4. Appalachian tea
  5. Appalachianness
  6. Appalachians
  7. appalam
  8. appalams
  9. appaled
  10. appaling
  11. appall

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